Brocaded, different internet for different people . I hope not. We saw china take steps in that direction. Russia announced their desire to create a russian internet. That moves us in the wrong direction. We are a global economy, a global people. The Technology Industry is focused on deploying Innovative Products and services that connect us all. I fear that in some circumstances, we are moving in that direction. China and russia being two examples. I hope we do not end up there. That is not where we want to be. The risk of that israel. The risk of that is real. A lot have business in china. Has it become hard under this administration to do this with china because of the concerns with cybersecurity and issues we have seen raised by trump, but also by congress . These are important issues. To. Companies Pay Attention National Security issues. It is not just a u. S. Issue. Every nation is charged with protecting it citizens at a nations take different approaches. What we have seen from
We are going to open up regional lines for this conversation this morning. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. In mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 always3, and we are reading on social media. You can reach us on twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the idea and concerns about government surveillance has been on peoples minds recently. Infact, there was a story nbc today that i wanted to read to you that talks about some of the concerns about government surveillance. The unsupported claims that President Donald Trump has made for two years about the fbis russia investigation, calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents, the conclusion by the Justice Department watchdog of the that the probe was justified was big news. But the other major findings of the Inspector Generals rep
Trenton, new jersey. This is part of the 50 state the cspan r and on bus now joining us is the leader senate, w jersey state Steve Sweeney. Enator Steve Sweeney in a recent poll, they found that these were the issues most to new jersey residents, property taxes, jobs and then n, health insurance. 50 said property taxes. Do you agree with that . Guest absolutely, if not more. Has been a state, we have a lot of government in new jersey and that actually drives the cost of your property taxes, but new Jersey Property taxes are very high and there is great deal of frustration amongst residents because i 8500 per verage is home now. Education. C what is the situation with Public Education in new jersey is the Education Association rather angry with personally . Guest well, you know, public an Issue New Jersey is very proud of. We have some great schools, some schools in the nation. Ive been fighting to try to get unding, more fair funding for our schools. The Education Association was fight
People that believe the ideas of this nation are evident, not the strength of our military, but also in the of healthf our system care. It is violation of principles nd values as a nation when our Health Care System breaks down to not the ideals we see in ofitary where we protect all our country, we stand for poor. One, rish or with our Health Care System, medicine lifesaving and procedures, critical suddenlyive care, that boils down to who is very wealthy gets access and people struggling in minimumwage jobs, fighting veryday to raise their kids that somehow that should not be our ideals. Professes tion that the most profound values, the democracy titutional that put forth ideals we are not based ucracy, a nation upon privilege, based upon how you pray, that we are not a we are the oldest constitutional democracy that ideals forward that became like other nations. Ideal that we believe in liberty and justice for all. Justice is there in a of legislation that would cast millions of poo
The cspan bus tour, the 50 state capitals continues. And the cspan bus tour 50 state capitols continues. Today were in historic trenton, new jersey. First we want to talk to former governor jim mcgreavy who served from 2002 until he resigned in 2004. He joins us from the cspan bus and governor, you recently formed a Nonprofit Corporation called the new jersey Reentry Corporation. Whats its focus . The focus is to understand that for numerous individuals coming back from prison or county jail, that they need to be assisted to reclaim their lives and what we do is work with exoffenders, whether in providing for training and employment, housing, Addiction Treatment, also Legal Services to help clean up, if you will the legal wreckage of their past lives, addressing Child Support and most importantly, linking people to a federally qualified Health Center so they have the Necessary Health health care. We assist people, literally in making their lives hole and insuring working to insure they